Mark Foster aims to turn wealth of experience into precious metal

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Mark Foster flew to Miami Beach on Monday for a few weeks’ relaxation and light training at his second home. The Florida resort, setting for the TV comedy The Golden Girls, tends to attract wealthy pensioners, which is what Foster, Britain’s golden boy, is in swimming terms. His qualification for a fifth Olympic Games at the age of 38 makes him an aquatic antique.

Yet Foster, who won the first of his 47 international medals in 1990 when many of his Britain team-mates were paddling in the womb, believes that an 18-month “retirement” rejuvenated him and that he can still